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خردنامه اسکندری / Kheradname-ye Eskandari (The Book of Wisdom of Alexander)

Kheradname-ye Eskandari (The Book of Wisdom of Alexander) is the seventh and final masnavi of Jami's Haft Awrang. It is a philosophical-didactic poem that recasts Alexander the Great (Eskandar) as a seeker of wisdom instructed by the ancient sages, blending Greek philosophical lore with a Persian-Islamic ethical and mystical framework. Like the other masnavis in the collection, it opens with framing sections, including praise of God and a na't (praise of the Prophet Muhammad), before unfolding its narrative and moral discourses. This node groups the individual sections of the masnavi so that a section such as the na't in praise of the Prophet is organized under its parent work rather than directly under the whole Haft Awrang collection.

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